Tie My Hands - Lil Wayne, Robin Thicke

We are at war with the universe

The sky is falling and the only thing that can save us now

Is sensitivity and compassion

Da da da, da-da-da, da da da

Da da da, da-da-da, da da da, ooohh

But I know one thing’s for sure

I’m gonna get my kicks before it all burns down

Yeah, some say tragedy’s hard to get over

But sometimes that tragedy means it’s over

Soldier, from the academy league of rollers

I deny being down though they seem to hold us

My shoulders are strong, I prove 'em wrong

I ain’t doing nothing but moving on, let the truth be known

But they talked that freedom at us

And didn’t even leave a ladder, damn

I work at the corner store

We all got problems, problems

No one’s gonna fly down low

No one’s gonna save us now

How you feel you’re not alone

We’re all just jealous, jealous

We don’t reach the sky no more

We just can’t overcome, no

You tie my hands, what am I gonna be?

What have I done so bad?

What is my destiny?

You tie my hands, what am I suppose to see?

What have I done so bad?

What am I gonna be?

I, knock on the door, hope isn’t home

Fate’s not around, the luck’s all gone

Don’t ask me what’s wrong, ask me what’s right

And I’mma tell you what’s life, and did you know

I lost everything?

But I ain’t the only one

First came the hurricane, then the morning sun

Excuse me if I’m on one

And don’t trip if I light one, I walk a tight one

They tryna tell me keep my eyes open

My whole city underwater, some people still floating

And they wonder why black people still voting

Cause your president still choking

Take away the football team, the basketball team

And all we got is me to represent New Orleans, shit

No governor, no help from the mayor

Just a steady beating heart and a wish and a prayer

Let’s pray

These friends they come and go

But I got family, family

These kids so fast they grow

They learn so quickly now

That there’s nowhere to go

That there’s no future, future

Don’t make this here so low

And we can’t overcome, no

You tie my hands, what am I gonna be?

What have I done so bad?

What is my destiny?

You tie my hands, what am I suppose to see?

What have I done so bad?

What am I gonna be?

Yeah, and if you come from under that water then there’s fresh air

Just breathe, baby, God’s got a blessing to spare

Yes, I know the process is so much stress

But it’s the progress that feels the best

Cause I came from the projects straight to success, and you’re next

So try, they can’t steal your pride, it’s inside

Then find it and keep on grinding

Cause in every dark cloud, there’s a silver lining, I know

Yeah, yeah, yeah

See right now we just riding on love

A shot in the dark

We ain’t tryin to do nothing but hit the heart

We need love

That’s all y’all, that’s all

You tie my hands, what am I gonna be?

What have I done so bad?

What is my destiny?

You tie my hands, what am I suppose to see?

What have I done so bad?

What am I gonna be?

You tie my hands, what am I gonna be?

What have I done so bad?

What is my destiny?

You tie my hands, what am I suppose to see?

What have I done so bad?

What am I gonna be?

Yeah, born right here in the USA

But due to tragedy looked on by the whole world as a refugee

So accept my emotion

Do not take it as an offensive gesture

It’s just the epitome of my soul and I must be me

We got spirit y’all, we got spirit

We got soul y’all, we got soul

They don’t want us to see, but we already know